Training Veterans, Securing Futures

The focus of our program is to teach our war veterans, especially disabled veterans, the highly skilled art of watchmaking. We are the only technical school devoted to disabled veterans in the USA. All our programs are free of charge to the veteran. By starting this initiative, we hope to repay the sacrifice and service of our veterans by teaching them a skilled profession (using state-of the-art equipment) that is in high demand and well-paying

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Welcome to our new Website

September 20, 2017

Welcome to the new online home of Veterans Watchmaker Initiative. We are proud to present to you our new modern website. Please pardon our appearance as several features start to take shape over the next few weeks. Among the highlights of the new website, you will see a lot of our photos and videos displayed…

New Photo Gallery from out Dexterity and Aptitude Testing

September 20, 2017

Hello and thanks for visiting the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative, we wanted to share photos from our recent Dexterity and Spacial Aptitude testing for our very first class. You can view the photographs from this exciting event by clicking the following link. Photo Gallery – Dexterity and Aptitude Testing Thanks for supporting the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative…

Grand Opening Photo Gallery

September 19, 2017

We are pleased to share with you some photos of our recent Grand Opening event, for the VWI school. Please take a look at the gallery by visiting the link provided below. We thank you all for your continued support for our veterans and the Veterans Watchmakers Initiative. Please check back for more exciting news…

Thank You to the Stardusters of Spring Arbor!

August 18, 2017

Last night the Stardusters from Spring Arbor along with Arnie J. presented an incredible donation of $500.00 to the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative project. The Stardusters provide music from the 1940s-1980s. Also in attendance were Music Director and Keyboardist for the Stardusters Frank C., Barb V. from the Wilmington Opera, Tom P. singer and resident expert…

First Day of Class

Grand Opening Photos

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Thought I would let everyone see the progress with the pallet warmer project. They are using a diagram from the Bulova school from 1955. It is my guess that this project has not been made in a watch school in a very long time. The project requires a number of different skill sets.
Photos of the finished project soon

More micromechanics, more lathe work, not bad for 7 weeks along. Not hardened and polished YET. I could not be prouder of this group, very talented.
Rick has done a great job with this phase of their training. Thanks Rick well Done ! ! !

I thought I would post the companion certificate now. I promised myself that I would wait until all the programs and the school were certified by the State of Delaware. I think they look great together.
Thank you AWCI for your confidence.

We are pleased to share with you some photos of our recent Grand Opening event,…

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The focus of our program is to teach our war veterans, especially disabled veterans, the highly skilled art of watchmaking. We are the only technical school devoted to disabled veterans in the USA. All our programs are free of charge to the veteran.